TOWNSVILLE detectives will head to Hughenden today, after receiving fresh and credible information about the disappearance, and presumed murder, of a young hitchhiker more than 30 years ago.

The surprising development is considered the most significant step forward in the baffling disappearance of Anthony “Tony" Jones, 20, whose last confirmed location was at a phone box on Bowen Road at Rosslea on November 3, 1982.

THEIR days on the court may be over but former Townsville Fire players Aneka Davis, Cherie Gallagher and Julia Duroux will be cheering from the sideline when the team takes on Bendigo in the grand final.